The mechanics of the Wednesday meeting were interesting.
Firstly , nobody knew of any visit (not even the watch managers) until somebody spotted a memo on a notice board by one of the lifts late on the Friday afternoon.
We were then required to give notification of our desire to attend together with a contact number.
Small groups - carefully selected by management - were than given 30 minute slots.
Note taking was extensive with questions and their originators being noted by the visitors. The CEO stuck to his script with barely eyecontact according to many.
Meanwhile Human Resources filled in some detail and insisted that redundancy terms for ATCOs would not be available.
With so many meetings , it's taking a while for the whole picture to become clear but the general view is that it was of little value and many staff are making plans for their exodus from NATS.
It's also worth mentioning that most of us didn't attend because we knew nothing about it.
Colleagues are receiving interesting and conflicting legal advice about our job mobility and redundancy . Luckily a number of spouses are in the legal profession so for now our advice is free!